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/ 1. Hold up thy head and crush / Thy heart's despair; / From thy wan temples brush / The tear-wet hair.
/ 2. Look on me thus as I / Gaze upon thee; / Nor question how nor why / Such things can be.
/ 3. Thou thought'st it love! -- poor fool! / That which was lust! / Which made thee, beautiful, / Vile as the dust!
/ 4. Thy flesh I craved, thy face! -- / Love shrinks at this -- / Now on thy lips to place / One farewell kiss! --
/ 5. Weep not, but die! -- 'tis given -- / And so -- farewell! -- / Die! -- that which makes death heaven, / Makes life a hell.